#169 - The Council of Florence (1431-1445)

About this episode

Justin Hibbard discusses the significance of the Council of Florence in the context of the 21 Ecumenical Councils.

In continuation of our series on the 21 Ecumenical Councils, Justin Hibbard talks about the Council of Florence, which occurred in Basel, Ferrara, Florence, and Rome. What began as an attempt to thwart papal supremacy led to one of the most potentially significant councils in history as the Eastern Greek Church united with the Western Latin Church. Would that unity survive? SOCIAL LINKS * Follow Why Catholic on Instagram. * Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTube. * Follow Justin on Facebook. SOURCES: * The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History by Joseph Kelly * Video: General Councils 12: The Councils of Lyons II & Florence - Fr Timothy Matkin - St Francis Dallas * Papal Encyclicals Online: The Council of Florence * Catholic Encyclopedia: The Council of Florence * Ancient Faith Radio: Bishops-Part 42: The Council of Florence (Orthodox Source) * Laetentur Caeli * Episode 63: Not all Catholics are Roman Catholic * Shameless Popery: Why I’m not Orthodox PREVIOUS EPISODES IN THIS SERIES * Episode 146: Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils * Episode 147: The World that Led to the Council of Nicaea * Episode 148: The First Council of Nicaea (325) * Episode 149: From…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Hibbard

Topics covered

• Ecumenical Councils
• Catholic Church
• Eastern Greek Church
• Western Latin Church
• papal supremacy
• historical councils

Keywords

• Council of Florence
• Ecumenical Councils
• Catholic Church
• Eastern Church
• Western Church
• papal supremacy
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History

Places: Basel, Ferrara, Florence, Rome

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